Work ethic curtails competitiveness again

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Makgato-Malesu

Poor work ethic has once again emerged as the most problematic factor affecting Botswana’s global competitiveness, as the country rankings remained unchanged this year.

The global competitiveness report 2014-15 released yesterday shows that Botswana remained unchanged at 74th place out of 144 countries.  In Africa, Botswana came out the fourth most competitive economy after Mauritius (39) South Africa (56) and Rwanda (62).

In 2012, Botswana was ranked 79th having climbed one place from 80th in 2011.

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